Frontiers in Neuroscience seminar: “What can a birth cohort tell us about dementia?”

Professor Jonathan Schott from University College London (UCL)

Lecture title: “What can a birth cohort tell us about dementia?”

Lecture host: Laura Wisse

Biosketch:
Jonathan Schott is a Professor of Neurology at the Dementia Research Centre, UCL Institute of Neurology, and an Honorary Consultant Neurologist at UCLH. His clinical practice and research are centred on the dementias with a focus on early accurate diagnosis, and detection of pre-symptomatic Alzheimer’s disease. He leads, amongst others a major longitudinal study exploring cognitive ageing and brain health in the MRC British 1946 birth cohort, and a study examining the utility of blood-based biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease in NHS memory clinics. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences, Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology, Fellow of the European Academy of Neurology, Senior Fellow of the Higher Education academy, MRC Investigator and an NIHR Senior Investigator. He has published more that 400 papers and co-edited the Oxford Textbook of Cognitive Neurology and Dementia. He is the recipient of the de Leon prize in neuroimaging and the Bill Thies award for distinguished service from the US Alzheimer’s Association. He has several leadership positions including chair emeritus of the International Society to Advance Alzheimer’s Research and Therapy, chair of the Association of British Neurology Clinical Advisory Group, and member of the European Academy of Neurology Dementia Panel. He is Chief Medical Officer for Alzheimer’s Research UK, Europe’s biggest dementia research charity.